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FABMVCLLE. PITT COTmTY, yOBTH C^XpTA, DECEMBER 19, 1919
:
INSTRUCTIONS ARE SENT OUT
TO FOUR THOUSAND LOCALS
TO RETURN TO WORK.
FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOtLCHfi
i.
Miners, Operator* and Government Of
ficials AUke Were Confident of
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Final, Satisfactory Settlements -
indian&polis, lad. ? The coal miner*'
strike is ended.
With bat one dissenting rote the
general committee of the United Mine
Workers of America in session' hen
voted to accept President Wilson's
proposal for immediate return to work
pending final settlement of their wage
controversy with operators by a com
mission to be appointed by him.
Telegrams were sent out to the four
thousand locals of the union by inter*
national officios of the mine workers
instructing the men to return to work
immediately. Full instructions with
regard to the agreement are to be
sent out later.
Operators predicted immediate r?
sumption of operations, shipment of
coal from the mines beginning within
i week.
Miners, operators and government
officials alike were confident of a fi
nal satisfactory settlement of the
fight by the commission.
The decision of the miners came
after many hours of debate, in which
the radical element in the genera]
committee mads incendiary speeches
against operators and others interest
ed in settlement of the strike, and for a
time threatened to defeat efforts to
settle the strike at thfa timet The con
servative element, led by Acting
FLOODS IN THREE STATES j
CAU8E OF HEAVY OAMAQI
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?Atianta, Ga. ? The crest of the foodl
which have caused property damage it
sections of Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi estimated at hundreds oi
thousands of dollars and have result
ed in the loss of several lives, toad
not been reached, despite the occur
retce of colder weather and abeenot
of any more rain.
Miles of railroad tracks in the three
states were under water and Mobil*
Ala., and several smaller cities wen
practically isolated .
MAYNARD ORDERED TO i
- REPORT AND EXPLAIN
Washington. ? Lieutenant Betting,
Maynard was ordered to report to M*
jor General Menoher, director of mill
tary aero nan tics, to explain the state
ment attributed to him by the Anti
Saloon League of America with refer
race to the nee of alcoholic iiqoor bj
arjcy air service pfiota.
*TE OF YUCATAN, MEXICO", \
O HAVE SOVIET GOVERNMENT
: Washington.? A sorlet *orenBMnt
?fcfto be established la the state ol
?Yucatan, Mezkio, according to Excel
?lor. of Mexico City, Deceofber 3, ?
copy of which waa reoeiredin Wash*
ington^ Unless the mflitary author!
ties take prompt action, the papei
says, the first Bovlet state
wa soon be a realty,
AGREEMENT FOR ADJOURNMENT
1 SY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN;
IRISH HOME RULE BK.V. : J
; ; ROBERT M. ESTES
Robert M. cites of the department
>f the census at Washington, hae beep
appointed director of cenaua for Pen
>ma by President Porras.
fO OVERTHROW 60VER1EN1
Virtually Every industrial Center in I
Country Harbors Headquarters
for Radical Campaign.
New\ York. ? Radical agitation in J
?is country, with its resultant so
:lal unrest, is not dae to economic]
:onditions, but to an " organized, arti
ficially stimulated movement ; undei
the inspiration of the Russian soviet
government This opinion will be
submitted to the-\New Yok legisla
ture in an exhaustive report by the
ioint legislative commitee which has
been investigating radical activities
here since its organization last Hay.
radical ;?l*r
"the
deluding the Union of
workers and other organizations- the
syndicalist group, the main body oi
which are the Industrial Workers ol
the World, and . the communist group
including the- communist 'party ol
America and the communist labor par
ty. In each of these gronps the over
throw of government by illegal means
including violence, is the weapon
urged 'upon the Jinasses, the repot;
will state. " "
New York city is . one of the big
headquarters for the organized move
pent, the. report will point out, with
CJfcicago, Cleveland. Detroit, and virtu
. ally \every industrial center from the
\t!ai$ic 1 to the Pacific harboring a
headqtfurters for the radical campaign
/ICTOR SERGfcR IS AQAl.N
i v. NOMINATED TO CONGRE88
Milwaukee* ' VtJfor L. Berger,
socialist, and >Harry H, Bodenstab, re
publican fusion -candidate, were nom
inated for Congress at a primary elec
tion in the llftfc- Wisconsin district
Berger receired 14,000? rotes tod" Bo
denstab' , 9,^82. * The special election
will be held on December . J9, to fill
the vacancy caused by the present
Congress' refusal to seat Berger.
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NO REPtY TO SHARP NOTE
PROM. AMERICANO MEXICO
v.'
Washington.? The Mexican supreme
" " -assumed Jurisdiction oyer
of Ameflcaia Cohsular Agent
.William O. Jenkins, the 'state depart-,
meat tr^adTised by the American
smbassy at ^Mexico City.
\ The. massage gave no details other
ithan' that tho> traMfer of the ease
firom the Puebla state courts had been
sasxsrs
developments thus far had jafct been.
( suok Aerrtff ?a??e any change In the
American goverEm^ht's attitude, as
^outlined iii- the recent sharp note to
Mexico, renewing the request for Jen*
fcins* release. W
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IICST OP WARTIME LIGHT AND
FUEL RESTRICTION IN PORCE.
?!* ? ... .i'/Si-'-i- '&;t ?' *
frf'-.V;-;/
Washington.? Viewing with alarm.
41 Ve steadily dwindling bltumtoons coaj
suVSfcr due to the miners* strike. Fuel
the, dras "^? restrictions on lighting and
heating > ><hlch: were
the coal s&Ji&rtage of
te made effects* with
INDUSTRIES OF 80UTH TO ?e |
IN COMPLETE OPERATION
IN A SHORT TIME.
ORBER IS NOW EFFECTIVE
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Train Service, Which Wat Curtailed j
During the Nation-wide Strike la
Alto to be Returned at Once.
Atlanta, Ga .?Suspension of *11 re>
strictions on the use of fuel and rein>
statement of train serviop curtailed]
during the nation-wide strike of bitu
minous coal miners was announced
here by the southern regional coalj
committee acting on authority receiv
ed from Washington.
The order means that thouaands of J
Industries throughout the south which j
have been shut down because of lack
of coal will be in operation again in
a sho^t time and that stores which
had to observe short honrs where
their light, heat or power came from
consumption of coal, wood or gas, may
return to normal hours in time to take
ore of the Christmas shopping. The
railroadaT too, will be put in a position
to take care of the rush of holiday
travel
DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICS .
* IS STRONGLY URGED BY ACE8.
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Washington? Five American aces,
credited with having brought down
more than 50 German aeroplanes, ad
vocated before a house subcommit
tee the creation of an aeronautical-de
partment of the government to co-or
dinate all aerial activities.
AMERICAN 18 KILLED BY
FALL FROM AN AIRPLANf.
CANADIAN .GOVERN to KMT 18
SHIPPING GOLD IN TO US.
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-New York.? The Canadian gorera
ment 16 shipping $10,000,000 in gold to
this city. It wajL announced for^th?
purpose of meeting obligations her*
and also to check the depreciation in
Montreal exchange.
APPLICATION 18 DENIED
OF BELL PHONE COMPANY
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TaUaaaee, 71a.? The state railroad
commission denied applications of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company and
34 independent" telephone companies
of tbis Matte for a continuation of the
high rates fixed by Postmaster Gen
eral Bmiefaon during the period of
government control. ^
JONES PROPOSES QUINTUPLE
TAX ON ft|Q NEWSPAPERS
Washington. ? Newspapers contain
tag mora than 24 pages would be
charged lifetimes the present port
age rate wider a hill introduced by
Senator Jones, Democrat, New (Mex
ico: In offering the measure Senator
Jones said publishers in his state, ap^
pealing fo^irsdief, said only thebig
city papers with their own mills were
Jth|e to obtain all the print paper they
POSTPONEMENT oy SHOWDOWN
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Washington.? While accepting the
government's proposal for the settle
ment of the bituminous coal strike
?tnifla operators of the central Penn
sylvania district declared in a state
ment that the 'Settlement is no set
tlement at all of the principles &(
offtake in the controversy," and that
"it Is merely a postponement of a
showdown, which In our opinion la
bound to come."
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TREMENDOUS VALUES SHOWN t
h . OF O.UFi CROPS THIS YEAR
Washington? The total valfie of the
country's Important farm crops this
y^ar aggregates 114.092,740,600. the
department of agriculture estimated
in its Anal report. The* compares
witu 112,600,625.000, the aggregate
value of last year's cropB as finally
PT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE
PRINCii'ME; f)?AT UNOERLIES
STRIKE SETTLEMENT.
Fuel AdmSr
R?ent N
mrtum
ot Preside:
disagree*
strike set
by the gov
era onion.
firm, deny,
at the Whl
a personal
transmittal
Men clos
understood
work of 'i
Took No Part li*
Ions Leading to a
it of the Strike.
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Admin flrtratoi
Jon is in the hands
lis on, given because he
iple with the coal
-nt proposal arranged
icinft and the mine #ork
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himself refused to con
discuss the report, but
Ho.us*?-it was said thai
>r from him, had been
<he president.
j tho fual administrator
iat ho believes that the
Commission authorised
under the settlement to be made up o I
one coal mine Operator ,a coal mines
and a third person named to represent
the public will result in an increase
In the price of coal to the consuming
public. Against this form of a set
tlemeat Dr. Garfield has been unal
terably opposed. It has been learned
on good authority that he took no pari
if the negotiations with the mine
workers' union chiefs during the lasi
week and that though informed, and
consulted after their initiation, the
terms laid cut as finally accepted con
travene his conception of the main
principle involved.
eent a telegram
.tion to Acting President
1a of'jthe mine workers
Indianapolis.
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tion
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ing the debate on the railroad bill.
Senator lodge,, the Republican lead,
sr, and Sena-tor Lenroet, erf Wiscon
sin, leader of the "mHd reservation*
?roup of Republican senators, declar
?d the treaty was 'dead" until again
mbmitt&d by the president .
Senator Underwood, Democrat, Ala
E>ama, said the treaty conld be called
tp at any time 4>y a majority vote.
FORMER GERMAN PASSENGER '
SHIP SAILS FQR EUROPE
New York. ? The former Germas
passenger liner Ibperator, now a Brit
toh whip under Cnnard line operation
tailed v'or Plymouth, Cherbourg? and
Southampton. She was to have d?
parted at noon tut her clearance pa
pen were held, up on crders from
Washington, while charge* that siw
had exceeded her supply of bunkei
soai were l>ehMr adjueted. ? %
The offer of flie British ministry ot
shipping to replace tfce,.exceM cod
?*** accepted fnd the' sMp jretawe^
bob too late to enable her to get awaj
on high tide. The line* had 2, 7(W pas
sengers on this, her first ' voyage at
'?& passenger ship since she left' hert
under the German fl&g hsJuly,lM4. j
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELES8
IN FLOODED* M1MI68tPPi
? v.:-' .? .a ? ? 't
UOjsoo, M^.-With: thousands <*
people homeless, a few towns almost
Isolated, ,maay industrial plants! ctoa,
cd, and s<nreral mHes of railroad tracf
under water, Mississippi began ?
gradual resumption of normal life fol
lowing the floods wirlch swept the
epothern aid eastern t jrt of the state,
Only two lives have' been lost so
far, as the meager and belated reporti
show. These wero in two wrecks 08
the Jflssisslppi Central Railroad. ''
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HUN NAVAL AUTHORITIES ARfeV;
^ 8L0W IN DESTROYING MINE*
Berlin.? German naval v authorities
aave been backward in removing
minc? from German waters, according
to a Hamburg;, despatch to the Vofr
CALVIN COOLIDGE
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Sern^uiy for the staking of the 1
Plow fleet 1b left. In the protocol,
At REQUEST OF WILSON, FALL
WILL NOT PRE8S RESOLUTION,
Calvin Coolldge, Republican, whoM
re-election to the governorship ol
Massachuaetts was a triumph of or
derly government oyer the radloals.
TO 60 10 HUE HUH
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Imputation of Responsibility of the
Huns for Sinking of Scapa Flow
f?leet Is Left in the Protocol.
Paris.-? The allies have consented to ]
modify some of the terms of the pro*
tocol patting the peace treaty into ef
fect' to which Germany has made ob
jection.
The clause providing for the Indem
nity for the destruction of the German
fleet at Scapa Flow has beea modified
so as to refer to The Hague tribunal
the question whether the delivery of
the tonnage demanded will cripple
Germany, it is understood.
Tho understanding also is that the
other features of tbe protocol most
objectionable to the Germans have
been1 eliminated It is expected that
the German plenipotentiaries will sign
the protocol without much further de
lay- ??
The. final paragraph of the, protocol
irovidmg tbat even after ^e peace
Washjfagton. ? President Wilson
would be "gravely concerned to see
any such resolution pass the con
gress, " he wrote Senator Fall in re
ferring to the Fall resolution request
ing the president to sever diplomatic
relations with the Carranza govern
ment
Senator Lodge aald the committee
lad wished to assure the president of
Its support, but that even that appear
ed undesirable. "Very well," he said,
"he may deal with it"
"It was what I expected," remarked
Senator Hitchcock* after reading the
president's letter.
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HABEAS CORPU8 IS DENIED TO
BERKMAN AND EMMA GOLDMAN
New Tort.? Federal Judge Mayer I
dismissed writs of habeas corpus ob
tained by Alexander Berkman and
Bmma Goldman to prevent their, de
portation to Russia and refused to &d<
mit them to .bail, '
- Federal District, Afctomesf Caffey ??>
.nounced to c>urt that th?> government
planned to. deport the two anarchists
within two weeks.
NORTH/CAROLINA SENATOR / I
it? suaAB m#?. HAWr
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| ,Wasl{?ngton.~Tha sugar ; equaHsa- 1
Uon .Tioard was severely criticised by 1
Senator Overman cfJ?r _com peltof $ the
people of North Carolina tcf buy sugar.
Cram New Orleans, when they "bad a?
ways bought it in New York.
He charged that the action of the
board Is causing the people of the
state to; pay ? great deal more tor
their sweets than people of
and east are paying "
ed, plunged from, the launching ?iej
at the plant of the Newport Ship;
building Corporation- here, the ?7en,i
being witnessed by hundreds.
?fttPB^WILL SOON BE PLYINO
- BETWEEN WILMINGTON AND
: PORTS OF CUBA.
mmm to seat 4,000
Alterations In Old Market House Ara
Progressing Rapidly: Building WHI
Reflect Credit- on the City.
Wilmington. ? George L. Tiller?,
who has been located here as special
agent, for the South Atlantis Mari
time Association, left for Savannah,
where he will have charge of the
offices of the South Atlantic Forward
ing Company, which will act as bro
ker for the shipping corporation.'
Prior to his departure Mr. Tillery
gave out a statement in which he said
that ships now under control of the
corporation' will be plying between
Wilmington and Cuba and South Am
erican ports within a few weeks.
Work is progressing rapidly on
Wilmington's new auditorium in the ,
Old Market House on South Front
street. When the necessary altera
tions in the market house have ljeen
completed the auditorium will seat
4,000 people.
Washington (Special).? The cas
ualty list included as Villed in action
Private Walter I. Foster, Haw River,
North Carolina.
? Hickory. ? Provision for a memorial
lobby in, Hickory's proposed municipal
building end auditorium, with tablets
commemorating the soldiers who gave
their lives in the great war, was made
in the plans of the architect submit
ted to council and accepted.
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Greensboro. ? Mrs. A1 Fairbrothei
has engaged to give; her entire time "
and servieo t* directing the woman's
Concord. ? Tyrus Raymond Cobb,
the world's greatest ball player, is tc
make fc week's visit in Concord, and
Mt. Pleasant. This announcement
?was made on receipt of a letter from
Zeb Cox, of Augusta, Ga., who stated
that he and Mr. Cobb would arrive
here for a week's hunting and fish*
ing trip.
Charlotte. ? More than 400 cottoa
mills in the South ^ere advised by
telegraph by W. D. Adams, secretary
of the American Cotton Manufactur
ers Association, thai textile milla
and other industrial plants operated
by electricity obtained only from wa
ter power may continue operating day
and night as heretofore. {?' js,
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Winston-Salem. ? The fuel situation
is the live topic in this section. Ac*
cording to information received her*
Winston-Salem is in Pocahontas re
gion and is therefore not seriously
affected, that is the stores and other
places of business will not be rt'
quired to close at four unless anot^ei
order is issued. *
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Asheville. ? With hie big brother,
?, Thomas Burgess, killed in a fight with
Jin Waidrop in : Cherdwa . : county,,
during a dispute the.two bad over
the settlement of the partnership o i
a blockade business, William Baz*ess,
a 10-year-old boy, took up the /fight,
?with -a .22 caliber rifle, and avenged'
rthe .murder of his big brother bij
?hooting Waidrop. ?
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Henderson.? Damage estimated by
company officials at fS00,00Q was
done to the plant of the Union Seed
and Fertilizer Company here by five.
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Farmer* Not Interested. S
Lenoir.? A* a meeting of the
well County Fair association a m
to dissolve the association and Uqui
date the assets was carried.
m!
farmers of the cdunty have not
sufficient interest in mating
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